JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandumus, directing the 2nd respondent to terminate the petitioner's redundant pregnancy according to the Medical termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 and consequently direct the respondent to send the products of conception of unborn foetus to anyone of the Forensic Laboratory for DNA testing and preserve the same for the purpose of evidence.)

1. This petition has been filed seeking a direction to direct the second respondent to terminate the petitioner's redundant pregnancy according to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 and consequently, direct the respondents to send the products of conception of unborn foetus to any one of the Forensic Laboratories for DNA Test and preserve the same for the purpose of evidence.

2. The petitioner is the victim in Crime No.19 of 2021 dated 06.08.2021 which was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 354(B), 354(C) 328, 376 and 509 IPC. Seeking termination of pregnancy, this petition has been filed mainly on the ground that because of the offence committed by the accused persons, she was conceived and the conceptio